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Detroit Gets Ready for the Auto Show
Car companies show off their newest rides for an event that could generate more than $350 million for the local economy.
Car companies from around the region and the world are in downtown Detroit for the next two weeks to show off their newest rides.
The recently renovated Cobo Center has been hosting the North American International Auto Show since 1965. The event started at a beer garden in the city's Riverside Park in 1907. This year, it includes 17 different auto companies who've put more than 50 new vehicles on display for media previews (often with elaborate presentations that vary between artistic and apocalyptic). Next weekend, it'll open to the public.